Improvement in instrument toe dyeing the hair



- PATE NTED WOM @nimh tates' atrnt @frn LUGIUS S. STIMSON, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND JEROME B. MELVIN, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 72,558, dated December Q4. 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENT FOR DYEING THB HAIR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN Be it known that I, LUCIUS S.VSTIMsoN, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs andy Brushes for vPermanently.Coloring or-I Dyeing Hair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a central longitudinal section of a comb, which has been constructed and prepared for dyeing or permanently coloring hair, and. as invented by me, i

Figure 2 is a transverse section ofthe same.

Figure 3 represents aside elevation of an ordinarv comb which has been prepared for dyeing or permanently coloringr hair.

Figure 4 represents a side view of a hand-brush which has been prepared for dyeing or permanently coloring hair, and which may be used instead of-a prepared comb.

My invention and improvements in hair-dyeing or hair-coloring combs or brushes, consist in so preparing the comb or brush by loading or covering the teeth'of the comb, or the bristles, or the Wires of a bristle, or a wire brush, with dyeing or coloring-substance, or material, o'r ingredient, which will dry or hardeu'on and adhere to the comb-teeth, or the bristles, or wires of the brush, that when said comb or said brush is brought into contact with slightly-moistened hair, in the ordinary manner of combing or brushing the hair, the prepared comb or brush, or the dyeing or coloring-matter thereon, will impart to the hair a permanent color, or, in other words, the hair so combed or brushed, by a comb or'brush prepared Aas stated, will be so dyed or colored .that no washing or ordinary wear, or other reasonablev means, will remo-ve the color, or cause it to fade in the least degree.V l f Any ordinary hair-comb may be'prepa'red for dyeing the hair according to my invention, but by making the comb-teeth small., aud the spaces broad between the teeth, as seen in g. 1, a greater quantity ofthe dyeing or coloring-matter can be applied to the comb-teeth, and such a comb, or a brush made on the same plan,ot` wide spaces between theibristles, will endure, and dye or color the hair for a much vlonger time than a finerspaced comb, or.a brush, the bristles of which -are near together.

I n constructing and preparing a hair-dyeingcomb, as shown in iig. 1, the comb-teeth e are wires, sct in a handle, g, and the dyeingisubstance'eis applied to the comb-teeth lin a semi-liquid state, and allowed to dry or harden. The same dyeing or 'coloringsubstance is applied to the teeth ot' any other comb or to the bristles of a bristle brush, or the wires of a Wire brush, and allowed to harden or dry before being used. I A

In dyeing or coloring hair with my improved dyeing or coloring-comb or bruslr, the hair should be slightly moistened, and the prepared comb or brush brought` into contact with the hair, inthe ordinary manner .of combing or brushing such hair. The prepared comb or brush should be passed 'through or drawn through the hair asuicicnt number of times to have the desired color imparted to the same. Any color may be used that can be applied to the tcethof a comb, or the bristles, or the wires of a bristle or a wre'brush; and in dyeing the hair some particular shades, I have found it best to prepare two combs-one comb with one kind of substance or composition'ot' substances, on the teeth thereof, and one combwith a diferent substance or composition of substances on the teeth thereof. As, for instance, to dye the hair black, one comb may be prepared with l a composition made as follows: First, melt in a vessel any given quantity of lead, and stir in nitrate of silver, nearly or quite as much as will mix, then dip the metal teeth of the comb, or the wires of a'wirc brush, into the melted substance, and remove the same and allow it to cool, when the comb or wire brush is ready for use, The other rcomb may be prepared by coating or covering thc comb-teeth with a pasty substance', made by boiling down fluid extract of pulvcrizcd' nutgalls, or by making a strong decoction of pulvcrized nutgalls, steeped in water, and the strong liquid boiled down to the pasty substance. Coat the teeth ofthe second comb with this pasty substance, and allow the same to dry, when it is ready for use. These two last-described combs are used in connection, and a beautiful black is the result. The comb-teeth 'may have scveralcoats of the dyeing substance applied to them, and such dyeing or coloring-comb be madcto endure much longer.

In the use of my invention, almost any person can color or dye his or her own hair in a few moments, and

wfh much less expense and trouble than by the old method, end without liability of injury to articles of dress or furniture, whereas, in dyeing the hair with any liquid hair-dye, the operation is diicult, requiring the nid of a. skilled hair-resscr. 'Hence expensive, or liable to get spilled, or bottles broken, and clothing or furniture injured or spoiled.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y Coating or covering tbe teeth of :i comb, or the bristles, or'tlxe Wires of a bristle or a wire brush, with coloring-matter as described, that the hair may be dyed or permanently colored by using said prepared comb or'brush, substantially as specied.

L. S. STIMSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. CRANE, LANG Mormon. 

